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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Nikita Lee (Li) Drafted By Sea Dogs

With their second pick in today’s Canadian Hockey League
Import Draft, the Saint John Sea Dogs selected Russian winger Nikita Lee (alternate spelling, "Li").

According to a Sea Dogs news release, the 17-year old spent
last season with Russia’s Moscow Spartak Under-18 team. Lee was selected by the
Moscow Spartak in the first round (11th overall) of the 2014 KHL
draft.

There is some mystery surrounding this pick as there isn’t
much info on Lee available on the interweb (he is No. 11 in white in the video above).

Sea Dogs general manager Darrell Young seemed pleased
with the pick.

"Nikita is a highly-skilled, left-shooting right
winger," Young said in the release. "We wanted to add someone with
offensive ability to our stable of young forwards, and he understands the
offensive side. He's also familiar with the North American game, having played
with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Junior Knights program in Pennsylvania four
years ago. He speaks perfect English - that's a huge factor for us."